Natalie Imbruglia biography
The first official single taken from Come to Life, "Want", which was written by Imbruglia, Daniel Johns (credited Kat Kourtney), Gary Clark, and Chris Martin, was released on 28 September 2009, to critical acclaim, but poor worldwide chart performances.
On 3 August 2009 the music video of "Wild About It" was released.
Come to Life was released on 12 October 2009 in Europe, and in the UK on 3 May 2010, with a new lead single "Scars". The video for "Scars" was filmed on 26 February 2010 according to her Twitter. "Scars" was sent to radio in the UK on 22 March 2010; however, due to no support from radio networks, the single release was cancelled. There was further news that the single would be released with a 5 July date, however the video and single cannot be found on the internet anywhere. The release of her album was also cancelled in the UK.
Imbruglia is currently working on her fifth album, which is scheduled for a Fall/Autumn 2012 release.
Other ventures
In May 2010, after Dannii Minogue, who is a judge on the British version of
The X Factor, declined to judge the Australian show, Imbruglia became one of the new judges instead. The series began airing on Channel Seven in the second half of 2010. The auditions took place in June 2010. Imbruglia mentors the Girls category and her final three contestants that she chose for the top twelve live stages were Hayley Teal, Sally Chatfield and India-Rose Madderom. Chatfield came second to Altyian Childs. Imbruglia has since been nominated for a TV Week Silver Logie for Most Popular TV Presenter. In March 2011, it was announced that she was replaced by Natalie Bassingthwaighte as a judge on the third season of
The X Factor.
Personal life
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On New Year's Eve 2003, Imbruglia and her boyfriend of three and a half years, Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns, were married in a beach ceremony in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. While Imbruglia lived mainly in Windsor, Berkshire, UK, on an island named "White Lilies" (also the name of her second album), Johns lived in Newcastle, Australia. On 4 January 2008, Imbruglia and Johns released a statement announcing their divorce, citing distance as the main reason. However, the two remain friends.
Natalie Imbruglia is the eldest sister of singer-songwriter Laura Imbruglia.
Personal causes
- Imbruglia is an ambassador for Virgin Unite and supports campaigns to end poverty and to bring attention to the disease known as obstetric fistula.
- She appeared in a sketch at the Secret Policeman's Ball for Amnesty International on 31 October 2006.
- She has also spoken publicly of suffering from clinical depression to raise awareness about the disorder.
- 2008 saw her support the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign in support of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, alongside fellow celebrities: comedian Alan Carr, DJ & presenter Edith Bowman, actress Anna Friel and supermodel Twiggy.
Looks and fashion
Imbruglia was named 6th most naturally beautiful woman of all time in 2004. Audrey Hepburn topped the poll in which only experts like fashion editors, model agents and make-up artists could vote. The voting was decided on the "most naturally beautiful woman, inside and out".
She was ranked 90th on the VH1 100 Sexiest Artists.
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